Equis awarded Taiwan’s largest solar project at 70MW

Singapore-based renewable energy firm Equis Energy has been awarded a contract by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Bureau of Energy to develop a 70.2 MW solar project at Yizhu in Chiayi county, Taiwan. The construction of the project is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018, with the commissioning scheduled for mid-2018. A PPA for the offtake of power will be signed between Equis Energy and Taiwan Power Company for 20 years.